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Ohio State Basketball Players Dish on How A Game Against the Football Buckeyes Would Go

C.J. Stroud definitely had some fun at Big Ten Media Days in July.

The claim heard ’round Columbus started innocently enough when Stroud said he had bested Jaxon Smith-Njigba in H-O-R-S-E nine straight times. What followed, however, was the likely first-round 2023 NFL draft pick boldly predicting a group of Ohio State football players could beat the basketball team in hoops.

C.J. Stroud says he recently beat Jaxon Smith-Njigba in H-O-R-S-E nine straight times. He says he's the best shooter on the team, though Dawand Jones is the most complete basketball player .